Green Business Council
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Our mission is to assist members to improve profits, enhance the community, protect the environment by promoting vast opportunities represented by green technologies and business practices.
Los Angeles has more green jobs than any region in the US, and they are expected to double that number the next 30 years. The Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs Network released a report showing that the number of green jobs in LA is likely to reach 433,000 by 2040. The study also shows that the green job sector has grown three times as fast as the rest of the region’s economy in the last 15 years. It now accounts for about 178,500 out of about 4.5 million workers employed in LA. This is only about 4.5 percent of total private sector employment, but still more than ten times more than those in petroleum and coal products production. The report also shows that green jobs, with their higher skills requirements, pay workers a 50 – 100 percent premium over average jobs. Click here for full report.
The Spotlight on Antea Group
Antea Group is an international engineering and environmental consulting firm. With access to more than 3,000 employees in over 100 offices and experience on 6 continents, we serve clients ranging from global energy companies and manufacturers to national governments and local municipalities.
Antea Group includes the Belgian, French and United States engineering and consultancy operations of Oranjewoud N.V. In the Netherlands, engineering and consultancy services are offered under the nearly 60-year-old brand, Oranjewoud.
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Antea Group will be hosting the June GBC meeting on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 @ 2:00pm (time change)
When:
June 19, 2013
2:00pm (time change)
Location:
Antea Group
3229 E. Spring Street, Suite 100
Long Beach, CA 90806
Local "Green" Business
Apply to be recognized as a Local “Green” Business through the City’s Office Of Sustainability.
Call: 562/570-6396
Beach Cleanup Event
Visit www.SaveOurBeach.org to get your business team together to participate in a beach cleanup event in Southern California.
Green Action Workshops
Going Green Will Improve Your Business
Announcing the 1st Long Beach area GreenAction Workshop
A cleaner environment and better bottom line is a win-win.
Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 8:00 AM-Noon
Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA 90802
You'll Learn How to:
Cut Costs
Inspire Employees
Improve Customer Loyalty
Support Our Community
Create a Healthier Environment
Bring the Family!
Your $25 registration fee (per person)
includes 2 passes to the Aquarium of the Pacific!
Cost: $25.00
Click here to register
Need more information?
Judy Nelson
(562)432-8128
jnelson@lbchamber.com
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Click here to view the sixth annual State of Green Business report
AB 32: California's Global Warming Solutions Act by Tom Bowman
Click here to view Tom Bowman's Presentation on AB 32: California's Global Warming Solutions Act.
There are many things happening in the California energy and climate world that Kate briefly touches on this week, which will be reported on next week. A few notes and news items are provided in this digest. Click here or the banner above to read more.
Heat Pumps will help us tap the power from the sun and wind -
News and views in the recently released issue of the Heat Pump Centre Newsletter
In visions of the society of the future, especially regarding energy, the word smart is often used: smart grids, smart cities. This term indicates the wise use of resources, and includes, for instance, the use of renewable energy sources and the interconnection of electric and thermal grids. This interconnection is actually a smart way to make use of intermittent renewables, such as solar or wind power, since a surplus of electricity on a sunny or windy day may be stored in the form of heat. Heat pumps are ideal for providing this interconnection, since they may use electricity in order to upgrade heat from low-temperature sources to high temperatures, suitable for use.
Heat pumps in smart grids and smart cities are the subject of the recent issue (2/2012) of the IEA Heat Pump Centre Newsletter. In addition to overviews, the advantages of flexibility of capacity, built on variable components is described, as well as the use of heat pumps in district heating and district cooling systems. Also, the German heat pump market is described, and UK is the subject of a strategic outlook.
The IEA HPC Newsletter is a newsletter/journal from the IEA Heat Pump Centre (HPC) with four issues per year. The HPC is an international information service for heat pumping technologies, applications and markets. Visit the website at www.heatpumpcentre.org
The IEA Heat Pump Centre Newsletter can be downloaded from
http://www.heatpumpcentre.org/en/newsletter/Sidor/default.aspx